(adj)(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; ; ; ; - Charles Darwin; - Douglas MacArthur, Syn.disastrous, calamitous, fateful, fatal
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a. [ Cf. F. désastreux. See Disaster. ] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; ending in utter failure or ruin; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. Shak.
-- Dis*as"trous*ly, adv. -- Dis*as"trous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
[重蹈覆辙 / 重蹈覆轍, chóng dào fù zhé, ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄜˊ]to follow the track of an overturned cart (成语 saw); to repeat a disastrous policy#37179[Add to Longdo]
[雨过天晴 / 雨過天晴, yǔ guò tiān qíng, ㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄥˊ]lit. sunshine after rain (成语 saw); new hopes after a disastrous period; fig. détente after tension; every cloud has a silver lining#50131[Add to Longdo]
[人民公社化, rén mín gōng shè huà, ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ]collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s)#63894[Add to Longdo]
[黄花岗 / 黃花崗, Huáng huā gǎng, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄍㄤˇ]Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April 1911#64173[Add to Longdo]
[雨过天青 / 雨過天青, yǔ guò tiān qīng, ㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄥ]lit. sunshine after rain (成语 saw); new hopes after a disastrous period; fig. détente after tension; every cloud has a silver lining; also written 雨過天晴#205290[Add to Longdo]